THE data of H. Isnardi 1 show that the dielectric constant of carbon disulphide undergoes at the temperature of −90° C. a sudden change. This phenomenon appears at a considerably higher temperature ...

Chirality is known to affect a number of properties including those of an optical, electrical or magnetic nature. The effect chirality has on these properties causes a variety of nontrivial phenomena ...

Chemical bonds within the eye-lens protein gamma-B crystallin hold the protein together and are therefore important for the function of the protein within the lens. Contrary to previous assumptions, ...

Berkeley Lab scientists have turned to two-dimensional tungsten disulphide to make a disc resonator based laser. WS 2 is a transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC), which have a natural bandgap making ...

From a chemical perspective, splitting disulphide bonds under tensile stress is a substantially more complicated process than previously assumed. A team headed by Prof Dr Dominik Marx from ...

Researchers have made an advance in manufacturing molybdenum disulphide, a 2-D material that could compete with graphene for replacing silicon in next-generation electronics. By growing flakes of the ...

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